#Breaking Week In Sports: Minnesota Teams Respond To Death Of George Floyd NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Bryant Howard about the week in sports news. Read more on NPR
#Breaking As German Soccer Restarts, Broadcasters Use Crowd Sounds To Replace Missing Fans Germany's top soccer league, the Bundesliga, is among the first major sports league to resume its season. And empty and quiet stadiums have led to some controversial new features to the broadcasts. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Valorie Kondos Field: How Can We Reinvent Our Definition Of Success? Former gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field led her team to victory by creating a supportive environment, instead of a cutthroat one. The impact of that decision, she says, echoes far beyond the gym. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Without Fans, Sports Stadiums Are Pretty Quiet During The Pandemic A Japanese firm created an app that lets fans follow the match as they would on TV, and cheer or boo players through their phones. Their voices are then played in the stadium through loudspeakers. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Boston Marathon Canceled, Will Be A Virtual Event Because Of Coronavirus All participants who were set to run in the event initially slated for April 20 and later pushed back to September 14 will have the opportunity to participate in an online alternative. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Boston Marathon Canceled, Will Be A Virtual Event Because Of Coronavirus All participants who were set to run in the event initially slated for April 20 and later pushed back to September 14 will have the opportunity to participate in an online alternative. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Basketball Hall Of Fame Pushes Enshrinement To 2021 Due To Coronavirus The Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2020, which includes the late Kobe Bryant, is now slated to be honored next spring, the Hall of Fame's chairman tells ESPN. Read more on NPR
#Breaking National Women's Soccer League To Return In June To Play Tournament All players, officials, and staff members will be tested two days prior to arrival in Utah and subject to consistent coronavirus testing and symptom review through the tournament. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Oakland A's To Stop Paying Minor League Players During The Pandemic The Oakland Athletics said they plan to stop paying their minor league players beginning June 1. They became the first team to eliminate payments because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Minnesota Twins' Minor League Team Rents Out Its Stadium At $1,500 a night, up to 10 guests can book the Pensacola Blue Wahoos' stadium on Airbnb. You have full access to the field, clubhouse and batting cages. Plus a staff member for questions. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Pandemic Forces Iditarod Winner To Stay Longer In Alaska Thomas Waerner won the Iditarod in March. All these weeks later, Waerner and his 16 dogs have yet to make it home to Norway. Waerner is set to head home in early June and his dogs will fly home too. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Men's Soccer Returns In Germany NPR's Michel Martin speaks with sports journalist Roger Bennett about the return of the German professional soccer league — and what it might mean for the return of professional sports more broadly. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Week In Sports: Colleges Prepare For Fall; Remembering Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan Colleges are preparing for the next athletic season amid the pandemic. Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan is remembered. ESPN's Michael Jordan documentary ends. Read more on NPR
#Breaking NCAA Says College Football, Basketball Workouts Can Resume June 1 Each school and conference will be free to decide how to safely resume athletic operations, the NCAA Division I Council says. Read more on NPR
#Breaking NFL Announces New Rules To Tackle Lack Of Diversity In Its Coaching, Executive Ranks The NFL expanded the Rooney Rule on the same day teams were allowed to reopen practice facilities if area regulations allowed. Team facilities were shut in late March out of COVID-19 concerns. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Professional Sports' Comeback Gains Momentum, But For Some Leagues Cautiously Major pro sports in the U.S. were benched due to the coronavirus outbreak. Now, some are restarting. For others, the pace is more measured. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Listener Questions About Professional Sports During The Pandemic, Answered Mina Kimes, a senior sports writer and host of the ESPN Daily podcast, answers listener questions about professional sports during the pandemic. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Experts Say It Is Too Soon For Pro Sports To Reopen Major pro sports in the U.S. are still shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak, and the momentum has been building for them to restart. But some experts believe that it is too soon for a comeback. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Old Sneakers Auctioned Off For A Record $560,000 The shoes are Michael Jordan's personal pair of 1985 Air Jordans. Sotheby's reports the kicks sold for more than three times what was expected. Jordan had signed them in permanent marker. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Kevin Harvick Wins As NASCAR Returns Without Fans NASCAR is the first major sport to return since the coronavirus shutdown. "We miss the fans," driver Kevin Harvick said as he emerged victorious from his car. Read more on NPR
#Breaking 'Better Than No Football At All': Germany's Bundesliga Restarts Season It became the first top international soccer league to resume after suspending play due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the decision to continue the tournament without fans remains controversial. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Breaking Down MLB Executives Eyeing A July Start For The Season Baseball might be America's national pastime. Should it be an American priority? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about Major League Baseball's proposal. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Not My Job: We Quiz Figure Skater Adam Rippon On Rip-Offs Three questions for the bronze medal winner about people stealing other people's ideas or products. Read more on NPR
#Breaking President Trump Pushes To Open Paused Sports Leagues Trump has gone beyond the typical sports fan's laments. He's circled back, again and again, to the idea of resuming play. Read more on NPR
#Breaking IOC Will Devote $800 Million To Postponed Tokyo Olympics, COVID-19 Costs Most of the money will go toward helping the International Olympic Committee mount an Olympics one year later than planned — something it's never done before. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Manager Of Germany's Augsburg Soccer Club Ordered To Sit Out Saturday's Match Heiko Herrlich snuck out of the hotel where the team was quarantining — he needed to buy toothpaste. He'll miss his team's first and long-awaited return to the field since the pandemic began. Read more on NPR
#Breaking A Lawsuit Alleges That NBA Player Zion Williamson Has Violated NCAA Rules NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dana O'Neil of The Athletic about the pending lawsuit involving NBA player Zion Williamson and the alleged compensation he received during his time at Duke University. Read more on NPR
#Breaking President Trump Is Rooting For Reopening Of Professional Sports President Trump has put a priority on getting sports running again after the coronavirus lockdown. But this idea is facing various logistics and safety challenges. Read more on NPR
#Breaking 11-Year-Old Skateboarder Shreds World Record Feel uninspired being stuck at home? Take a lesson from Gui Khury. This week he became the first skateboarder to land a 10-80 degree spin. That means he made three full rotations in the air. Read more on NPR
#Breaking This Baseball Mascot Was Struck Out By The Coronavirus Pandemic David Edwards was going to play the mascot for the Quad Cities River Bandits in Iowa. But the baseball season was canceled and he also lost a second job. "I feel very scared about my future," he says. Read more on NPR
#Breaking MLB Owners Propose Opening Day In Early July Major League Baseball owners will submit a proposal to the players' union to start its 2020 season in July without fans. If the proposal is approved, spring training would start in early to mid-June. Read more on NPR
#Breaking WATCH: With Extra Time To Practice, 11 Year Old Breaks Skateboarding Record Brazilian skateboarder Gui Khury has become the first person to complete a 1080-degree turn — or three full rotations in the air — on a vertical ramp. Read more on NPR
#Breaking ESPN Captivates Sports-Hungry Fans With Jordan Documentary 'Last Dance' ESPN's broadcast of The Last Dance — a 10-part documentary on the career of NBA legend Michael Jordan and his six-time champions Chicago Bulls — is the talk of a sports-starved nation. Read more on NPR
#Breaking ESPN Captivates Sports-Hungry Fans With 'Last Dance' ESPN's broadcast of The Last Dance — a 10-part documentary on the career of NBA legend Michael Jordan and his six-time champions Chicago Bulls — is the talk of a sports-starved nation. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Week In Sports: Competitive Cornhole To Air On ESPN, NASCAR Slated To Return Cornhole is making a comeback on ESPN. And NASCAR is slated to return to TV, but questions still remain about football, baseball, basketball and football. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Yelling 'Fore' Again ... But 2 At A Time As golf courses around the country begin to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, golfers now find a new normal. Social distancing and other changes are part of a different game. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Washington State Allows Golfers To Get Back To The Courses The state of Washington has allowed all golf courses to reopen this week. But the golfers will have to follow a strict set of rules to enjoy the game safely. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Germany's Bundesliga To Resume Season May 16, But Fans Will Have To Watch On TV "The league wants to continue because it still has a potential revenue stream. But to do so when we still know so little about this virus is wrong," says German sports journalist Tim Jürgens. Read more on NPR
#Breaking A Fan Gives An Advice On How To Watch Korean Baseball ESPN has started broadcasting live baseball games again on Monday night — the Korea Baseball Organization resumed the matches. Dan Kurtz, the founder of MyKBO.Net, talks through some KBO pointers. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Despite Delays Caused By Coronavirus, Regular Season Baseball Starts In Korea After a five-week delay, the league had its Opening Day on Tuesday. It came just hours after ESPN signed a deal to broadcast six games per week, starting between 1 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. ET. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Legendary NFL Coach Don Shula Has Died At 90 "Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years," the Hall of Fame coach's team said in a statement. Shula had 347 career wins, more than any other coach in NFL history. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Saturday Sports: A Big Shift For The NCAA NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about a groundbreaking decision by the NCAA that will let college athletes earn money for their likeness, and about some pro sports reopening. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Federal Judge Dismisses U.S. Women's Soccer Team's Equal Pay Claim A spokesperson for the U.S. Women's National Team says they'll appeal after a judge dismissed the claim that they're paid less than the men's team. Other claims in the lawsuit will go to trial. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Judge Dismisses U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's Claim Of Unequal Pay A district judge in California has dismissed the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's claim of unequal pay. But claims of unequal travel and medical staff can go to trial. Read more on NPR
#Breaking German Soccer Clubs Are Desperate To Restart Televised Matches Despite Criticism Professional soccer clubs in Germany are desperate to restart televised league matches. Some critics say the clubs are letting their financial troubles overrule good judgment. Read more on NPR